Over the past 10 months of the Trump administration, we’ve seen a barrage of right-wing atrocities and social suffering from the far-right carnival of hate in Charlottesville, to the unnatural disasters of Harvey and Irma, to Trumps nuclear saber-rattling with North Korea, to the Trump administration ending DACA protections.

At the root of the crimes and outrages of this era are the priorities of a capitalist system controlled by a small elite of the wealthiest and most powerful people.

There are struggles for change in many different corners of society, each with their own histories and dynamics. But waging them most effectively requires an understanding of how they are connected and dependent on each other and how, together, they can contribute to a broader struggle to change the rules of the game for good.

We need to build a left-wing resistance that doesn’t let the right go unopposed. We need to protest the reactionaries wherever they appear, and not go along with the liberal advice to ignore them and they will go away because they won’t. We need to claim the right of free speech for ourselves to make our opposition heard.

But we need something else as well: a left that puts forward a political alternative to the rights scapegoating and hate. This is the case for joining the struggle for socialism today. The disasters of capitalism are as numerous and obvious as they have ever beenand so is the need to do something now to achieve a socialist future.

The Bay Area Marxism Conference will draw together hundreds of socialists and activists from the Bay Area for workshops on Marxist theory, history and practice  and discussions about how to use those politics to build an urgently needed socialist movement today.

Schedule:
Registration 12-1pm
Workshops: 1-5pm
Plenary 6-7pm

Workshops include:

Morbid Symptoms: How Do We Fight the Rise of the Far Right

Marxism, Class, and Oppression

The 100th Anniversary of the Russian Revolution:
The Inspired Frenzy of History

What Kind of Party do we Need?

Evening Plenary: Building the Left, Fighting the Right: Perspectives for Socialists Today

Contact us via email if you require daycare or have any any questions.

Did you have a baby at Alta Bates?
Know someone born at Alta Bates?
Join Nurses to Help Stop the Alta Bates Closure!

Sutter Health wants to close Alta Bates Medical Center — Berkeley’s only acute-care hospital — a mother and
infant-care center of excellence for more than a century! Sutter is crippling nurses’ ability to care for the community right now with unsafe short staffing! Closing Alta Bates will leave Berkeley and other cities along the Interstate 80 corridor, through the Caldecott Tunnel, without access to a full-service, acutecare hospital, putting lives at risk.

Berkeley and East Bay Communities Need Alta Bates!

Bring friends, families, and neighbors — and all available STROLLERS (no baby required) — for our march to save Alta Bates hospital!

The East Bay Must Rise Up to Save Alta Bates in Berkeley!

CNA: A Voice for Nurses. A Vision for Healthcare.

Rally to Save Temporary Protected Status for Immigrants

The Trump administration is threatening to remove TPS from Salvadorans, Hondurans, Nicaraguans, Syrians, and Haitians and send them back to situations of life-threatening violence. Many came to the United States because of wars and natural disasters and have been here for years, and for some, even decades. Removing Temporary Protected Status will put hundreds of thousands of people at risk of deportation. Sending them back to countries where there are ongoing conflicts or economic instability is a human rights disaster.

Locations:

• 7th & Market St.
• 51st & Telegraph
• Spash Pad Park (Macarthur and Grand)
• 35th & Macarthur
• 98th and International
• 66th and International

We Demand: The Resources our students deserve! This is not our mess: Take $ from admin and private contracts. No Cuts to Schools or Essential Staff!

• Support a teacher contract that Oakland Families and Teachers deserve.
• The state ran up OUSD’s debt. It’s not our fault.
• No state takeover under any conditions.
• No school closures. No more charters.
• No more cuts: CA underfunds education.
• We’re 46th in student spending out of 50 states.
• CA is the 5th largest economy in the world. Make the banks and corporations pay.

If you’re still energized afterwards, then MOBILIZE TO THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING: 5:30 – 6:30

Join us as we deliver a Jumbo Dollar bill to the 1% beneficiaries of GOP budget -Tax Scam Payout – November 11, 2017 – 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Federal Building Plaza , 1301 Clay St., Oakland, CA pic.twitter.com/7W8fh7dTjb

— Indivisible Berkeley (@IndivisibleBerk) November 10, 2017

ACILEP Immigration Legal Observer Training in Berkeley

The Alameda County Immigration Legal and Education Partnership (ACILEP) invites you to join our team of volunteer responders to resist the raids and deportations!

Many folks who live and/or work in Alameda County are interested in supporting our undocumented community members and their families. A major need for our community is to have trained communitiy members that can be activated to show up and respond to ICE presence in Berkeley and throughout Alameda County, serve as legal observers, and support the family and community of the loved one being targeted by ICE action.

The more people we have trained by ACILEP, the more power we have as a sanctuary city to protect our community members from ICE raids.

At this training—taught by a team from ACILEP—you will:

• Learn how to verify ICE activity
• Learn how to be a legal observer in order to protect our communities from ICE
• Get Know Your Rights training in regards to interactions with law enforcement
• Practice role-playing scenarios* so that you have practical experience to draw from

(*Theater of the Oppressed assistance provided by Starr King School for the Ministry)

Alameda County Immigration Legal & Education Partnership (ACILEP) is a partnership of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration, California Immigrant Youth Justice Alliance, Causa Justa Just Cause, the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity, Mujeres Unidas y Activas, Oakland Community Organizations, Street Level Health, the Vietnamese American Community Center of the East Bay, Centro Legal de la Raza, and the Alameda County Public Defender’s Office

Folks are asking what they can do with other parents, teachers and students at their schools to stop the District from cutting $5.6 million from school site budgets. Here are the THREE things we ALL need to do:

• 1) Email the Board members and tell them to #ChopFromTheTop & #NoCutsToSchools: http://bit.ly/EmailOUSDBoard;
• 2) Come to the Board meeting on November 27 at 5:30pm at KDOL Studios/Met West 314 East 10th St;
• 3) Keep reporting the cuts and their impacts to us using this form: http://bit.ly/OUSDCuts2017. #J4OS #JusticeForOaklandStudents

On Nov 29th, we join together with graduate students nationwide to oppose the GOP tax plan. The tax plan targets higher education by taxing tuition waivers as income, drastically increasing the amount we pay in taxes and locking out continuing and future grads who can’t afford the cost.

At 12pm on Wednesday 11/29, join together with grads, undergrads, faculty, staff, and community members at Sproul Steps. Bring a sign, bring a friend, and come ready to make some noise!

Starting at 10 am gather at Anthony Hall to make signs, have breakfast, and perform outreach about the bill. Walkout at 12 pm to gather at Sproul Plaza for a rally and speak out against the bill.

This action is co-sponsored by: The UC Student-Workers Union (UAW 2865), The UC Postdoctoral Researchers Union (UAW 5810), the Graduate Assembly (GA), International Socialist Organization (ISO), UC AFT, Electrical Engineering Graduate Student Association (EEGSA), BERC Action, and the Berkeley Faculty Association (BFA).

our first-ever Family Law Clinic for people with criminal records is this Saturday!

We still have openings available for one-on-one appointments with our reentry attorneys, so sign up to reserve your spot at the clinic by clicking on the sign-up link below or by calling Root & Rebound at 510-279-4662!
Sign up for an appointment here!
If you are supporting or working with someone in reentry that you would like to refer to this clinic, please feel free to share this email with them or encourage them to call us at 510-279-4662 with any questions.

We look forward to seeing you there!

At this clinic, get help with family law issues like:

• Understanding your rights in family court, probate court, or dependency court as a person with a criminal record.
• Filling out court forms or writing declarations.
• Understanding your rights as a parent, caregiver, or someone interested in fostering or adopting.
• Reviewing parole conditions or stay-away orders that relate to family members
• Other family law issues.

Please note: Our assistance at this clinic will be limited to day-of support. We will not be taking on representation of clients in court.

Bay Area folks: there's a tax protest tomorrow in SF at noon, organized by every @IndivisibleTeam group around. Be there or be square. Be advised the the House could pass the Senate bill tomorrow and the bill would not go to any conference committee. pic.twitter.com/asIZglitxN

— RedwoodWitch🌹 wants healthcare & housing for all (@RedwoodGirl) December 3, 2017

THIS EVENT HAS APPARENTLY BEEN CANCELLED.

Protest outside Verizon store against the rollback of net neutrality protections.

Protest outside Verizon store against the rollback of net neutrality protections.

Join other Team Internet members at the protest. Internet users outraged by top Verizon lawyer turned FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s plan to gut net neutrality are planning to protest at Verizon retail stores across the country on Thursday, December 7th, one week before an expected vote at the FCC. Protesters will make it clear to members of Congress that the time is now to stand for net neutrality, not Verizon’s bottom line. And please remember, this event is about protesting actions of Verizon executives, lobbyists and their supporters in Washington, not the employees at these stores.

The new chairman of the FCC was a top guy at Verizon, and he just called a vote to kill net neutrality. On December 7, one week before the vote, we’ll protest at retail stores across the U.S. and demand that Congress stop Verizon’s FCC from destroying the Internet as we know it.

And please remember, this event is about protesting actions of Verizon executives, lobbyists and their supporters in Washington, not the employees at these stores. Please treat them with nothing but the utmost respect.

RSVP

Bay Area Rally Against the Libyan Slave Trade! 5:30 PM!
December 7th
Oscar Grant plaza 14th & Broadway downtown Oakland!!
Share this ASAP!!!

— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) December 7, 2017

Join other Team Internet members at the protest. Internet users outraged by top Verizon lawyer turned FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s plan to gut net neutrality are planning to protest across the country on Thursday, December 7th, one week before an expected vote at the FCC. Protesters will make it clear to members of Congress that the time is now to stand for net neutrality, not Verizon’s bottom line. And please remember, this event is about protesting actions of Verizon executives, lobbyists and their supporters in Washington, not the employees at these stores.

Protest and march: Liar Liar Pants on Fire! Kids & Friends Against the Tax Scam. Sat. Dec. 9, 11AM-12 noon in Oakland at Astro Park by Lake Merritt & Lakeview Library pic.twitter.com/8NaL3g88YO

— Indivisible Berkeley (@IndivisibleBerk) December 6, 2017

San Francisco – Led by Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim leaders, community members from across the Bay Area will rally in San Francisco to oppose Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, a move that violates international law and furthers the ongoing theft of Palestinian land by the Israeli state.

General Union of Palestine Students -GUPS SFSU and AROC: Arab Resource & Organizing Center

PROTEST FOR PALESTINE: Hands Off Jerusalem!

The Trump Administration has just announced that they will officially recognize occupied Jerusalem as the capital of the settler colonial State of Israel.

The San Francisco Bay Area rejects this move and asserts that Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine.

US Out of Palestine!
No to White Supremacy Here or in Our Homelands!
Boycott, Divest and Sanction Israel!
End the colonial occupation of Palestine

…
CO-SPONSORS:
14 Friends of Palestine, Marin
Al-Awda SF
Alliance of South Asians Taking Action (ASATA)
Anakbayan – East Bay
ANSWER Bay Area
Anti Police-Terror Project (APTP)
American Muslims for Palestine (AMP)
Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC)
Asians for Black Lives – Bay Area (A4BL)
Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine
CodePink
Design Action Collective
Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA)
General Union of Palestine Students, SFSU (GUPS)
International Action Center
International Committee for Peace, Justice and Dignity
International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN)
Jewish Voice for Peace-Bay Area (JVP)
Marcha Patriotica Colombia-California
Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA)
National Lawyers Guild – SF (NLG)
NorCal International Solidarity Movement
Palestine American Coalition (PAC)
Palestine Legal
Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM)
Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism (QUIT)
San Francisco CODEPINK
Students for Justice in Palestine-Berkeley
Students for Justice in Palestine-San Jose
SWANAA-BAY AREA
Third World Resistance
Voice for Justice in Palestine – Walnut Creek
Workers World Party

Hands Off Jerusalem: Hundreds of Community Members to Rally in Defiance of Trump’s Jerusalem Announcement

Press Contacts:
Jody Sokolower – 510.499.4315 – jasokolower@gmail.com
Middle East Children’s Alliance
Lara Kiswani – 530.220.2842 – lara@araborganizing.org
Arab Resource & Organizing Center

DEFEND AUNTI FRANCES! Emergency Eviction Defense Rally.
Please come for an emergency eviction defense rally for beloved Oakland community member Aunti Frances Moore. It is crucial we get as many people as possible to show up and prove to Aunti Frances’ landlords that her community will support her no matter what. As the official launch of our eviction defense campaign, this event and its community turnout will be crucial. We will celebrate with food, music, and people power. Bring your kids, friends, and neighbors!

For any questions, please contact info@defendauntifrances.orgStay connected with this cause!

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Join us

4:45 Short march (4 blocks -click to see map) to Board Meeting
5:00 Rally at La Escuelita, 1050 2nd Avenue

#NO CUTS TO KIDS!

We demand: The Resources Our Students Deserve!

OUSD only legally needs to cut $1.2 million, not $9 million. This is down from $15 mil. due to our protests!

Contact the School Board

Email format: firstname.lastname @ ousd.org

Call: (510) 879-8199 / Jody London x31, Aimee Eng x32, Jumoke Hinton-Hodge x33, Nina Senn x34, Roseann Torres x35, Shanthi Gonzales x36, James Harris x37